Example sentences of "[adj] be [prep] [adv] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is about as far as the development of glues had got by the end of the war . |
| 2 | Thus ‘ gay is to straight not as copy is to original , but , rather , as copy is to copy ’ ( p. 31 ) . |
| 3 | These letters are the letters of a wonderful poet and that truth shines steady through the very shining and alternating feelings with which I look at them in so far as they concern me , that is in so far as they are mine . |
| 4 | We went to the capital , Castries , for the afternoon 's festivities but arrived too late to see the round-the-town mile ( that 's about as far as it is ) . |
| 5 | I watch videos and read manga , and that 's about as far as I want to go . |
| 6 | I watch a lot of videos and read manga , and that 's about as far as I want to go . |
| 7 | Like a couple of chums , but that 's about as far as it goes . |
| 8 | This knowledge ensures they start every letter with ‘ I know you must be swamped by requests to open bizzarres [ sic ] like these but — ’ and ‘ Your secretary assures us that you are unable to speak at our annual dinner in John O'Groats but — ’ and that 's about as far as understanding goes . |
| 9 | That 's about as far as I 've got . ’ |